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Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District

NCES agency ID 3414670 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

At a glance

Reported students

5,752

NCES CCD 2024–25

Open schools

8

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Student–teacher ratio

12.3:1

Calculated from NCES 2024–25 enrollment and teacher FTE

Spending per pupil

$20,926

Current expenditure · FY 2023 F-33

Instruction per pupil

$13,264

Calculated from FY 2023 F-33

Grades served

PK–12

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Historical enrollment and staffing · CRDC 2021–22

These older figures are kept separate from 2024–25 statistics and benchmarks. Agency figures aggregate matched current school records; they may not cover the complete historical district.

Students
5,368
Teachers (FTE)
461.7
Student–teacher ratio
11.6:1

What current records say about Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District

Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District operates 8 current public-school records serving grades PK–12 in Fanwood, New Jersey. NCES reports 5,752 students and 466.65 classroom teacher FTE for 2024–25.

Within New Jersey agencies of the same NCES type, it ranks 58 of 558 with reported enrollment. That position describes scale only—it does not say whether individual schools are a good fit for a particular student.

FY 2023 finance records show $20,926 in current expenditure per pupil and $13,264 per pupil assigned to instruction. Within the same NCES agency type, this places reported current spending 522 of 548 in New Jersey. Local wages, transportation, special education, facilities, and agency responsibilities all affect this comparison.

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Reported needs and resources

English learners
1.4%
Students with disabilities (IDEA)
16.2%
Classroom teachers (FTE)
466.65
Current expenditure (FY 2023)
$118,148,000

Context measures describe who a district serves and its resources. They are not negative rating inputs.

Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District

Fanwood, New Jersey

NCES EDGE 2024–25 · 40.6422, -74.3817

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Student demographics

Race and ethnicity share of reported enrollment

  • White60.1%
  • Hispanic15.3%
  • Black7.1%
  • Asian11.7%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
  • Multiracial5.4%

Race/ethnicity: NCES CCD 2024–25. English learner and disability context: CRDC 2021–22 matched schools. Totals can differ due to rounding or source privacy rules.

Explore schools in Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District

8 current directory entries

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Showing 1–8 of 8 schools · enrollment and ratios: NCES 2024–25. Scroll the table to see all columns.

Schools, grade spans, enrollment, and student–teacher ratios
SchoolLevel / gradesStudentsRatioCompare
Evergreen Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0444912.1:1
Howard B. Brunner Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0443413:1
J. Ackerman Coles Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0452612:1
Malcolm E Nettingham Middle SchoolMiddle05–0891310.9:1
School One ElementaryElementaryPK–0442412.4:1
Scotch Plains-Fanwood High SchoolHigh09–121,56213.4:1
Terrill Middle SchoolMiddle05–0882211:1
William J. McGinn Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0454312.8:1